My Firstborn Son

As I was doing school with Nathan the other day, I was thinking about how proud I am of him in so many ways. Yes, my last posting was a ranting of how very frustrated I can be with him, but at the same time, he's a special little guy.

By the way, as far as the whole pants-wetting stuff is going... we've been doing a slight bit better. (I am reminding him to go more often, as it seems like if I don't he just doesn't think about it at all).

Anyway back to school. I must say that most days I love teaching Nathan. He loves learning and works hard. Usually. This week he finished his Kindergarten math book. And we didn't even start it until late November! He just seems to be naturally good with numbers: he's going to take after his Daddy who is great with numbers (and well, just about everything). It's been fun to see him catch on to new concepts: counting by fives, adding, subtracting, time, money. But now I need to figure out what to do for the rest of the school year. I found another Kindergarten book that has some more worksheets on money, time and adding, so I may just continue on reinforcing those even better. I don't want him to get so far ahead that he will be bored in 1st grade, so maybe I'll just work to make sure he's got everything down pat.

He's also doing great at learning to read. During school on Thursday he read several books to Justin and I. It was fun to listen to him sound the words out. He's getting faster and faster at reading words. I love to see my kids develop a love for reading. Kaitlyn didn't really care much for reading, and could barely read until halfway thru 1st grade, when something clicked. But Nathan has reached that point already. Reading opens up so many fun adventures and I'm excited for them both to be able to access that. I guess this stems off of my love for reading, but I love it when my kids can read.